EMERGENT INTERNET SERVICES IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGE

Abstract

Information and communication technology and internet services in particular stand today at the very
centre of human and social progress. The world today has become a global clan with internet services
as part of the major driving force. Internet services are rapidly cascading from developed countries to
developing countries including Nigeria. This paper, therefore, examines the emergent internet services
in Nigeria and their worldwide multidimensional capability and the mechanism they have become with
regard to information dissemination and interactions between individuals and their computers without
regard for geographical boundaries. In this research work, the authors admit that while the internet, as
a new global media tool, has powerful potentials and opportunities, it has also brought along with
these potentials, certain challenges which must be put on a short leash lest they destroy or reduce
society, particularly Nigeria to a state of anarchy, lawlessness or anomie. Suggestions are made on
how to mitigate these challenges.